Re: [orca-list] Issues with the keys

[Krishnakant mane <krmane gmail com>]

HI Thomas,
I am just curious, will alt + f1 in gnome shell give me the launcher similar to Unity 2d?
Will I get list of commonly used apps?Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 12:15:01PM -0400, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> Sure. You need to look at the Gnome Shell FAQ. It lists a number of
> hot keys for navigating the shell. Although, you'll find most of
> them familiar already.
>
> For example, alt+control+tab switches between the areas of the
> screen that are visible such as the desktop, top panel, and so on.
> Alt+tab switches between windows, alt+f4 closes a window, alt+f1 or
> the super key open the Dash, alt+f2 opens run, alt+control+left
> moves left one workspace, alt+control+right moves right one
> workspace, etc. All pretty standard stuff here.
>
> However, as for it solving the issues with your keys I'm not so sure
> about that. For a while it seemed to be alright, but after I
> rebooted yesterday Gnome-Shell weirded out just like Unity 2D and I
> lost the ability to close windows with alt+f4, alt+tab between
> windows, etc. So I think there is something wrong with a shared
> component that handles keyboard input for all Gnome based shells and
> apps.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On 5/7/2012 2:01 AM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:
> > Hi Thomas,
> >
> > Maybe that would solve my issues with my keyboard problems?
> >
> > to install gnome shell i guess i just need the gnome-shell package.
> >
> > Are there some keyboard shurtcuts around for the start menu or
> > other places?
> >
> > greetings,
> > simon
>
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